Senate Bill 0802

    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 802

    By Senator Crist





    20-647-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the health of inmates in the

  3         state correctional system; amending s. 944.09,

  4         F.S.; requiring that the Department of

  5         Corrections adopt rules for monitoring the

  6         purchases made by inmates from the commissary

  7         or canteen; requiring the department to

  8         prohibit an inmate from purchasing items that

  9         are contrary to a restricted diet prescribed by

10         a physician; requiring that the department add

11         additional time to an inmate's sentence if an

12         inmate makes a prohibited purchase; providing

13         an effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Present paragraph (r) of subsection (1) of

18  section 944.09, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph

19  (s), and a new paragraph (r) is added to that subsection to

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21         944.09  Rules of the department; offenders,

22  probationers, and parolees.--

23         (1)  The department shall adopt rules governing the

24  administration of the correctional system and the operation of

25  the department, which rules shall relate to:

26         (r)  The purchase of items from the commissary or

27  canteen by inmates. The department shall prohibit an inmate

28  from purchasing items from the commissary or canteen which are

29  contrary to any restricted or therapeutic diet prescribed for

30  that inmate by a physician and which may risk the health of

31  the inmate. Purchases that may be prohibited include, but need

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 802
    20-647-98




  1  not be limited to, candy, chocolate, tobacco, and other food

  2  or nonfood items. The department shall monitor the purchases

  3  made by each inmate for whom a restricted or therapeutic diet

  4  is prescribed. If an inmate makes a prohibited purchase, the

  5  department shall add an additional 100 days to the inmate's

  6  sentence.

  7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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11    Requires that the Department of Corrections adopt rules
      governing purchases made by inmates from the commissary
12    or canteen. Requires that an inmate be prohibited from
      purchasing items that are contrary to a diet prescribed
13    by a physician. Requires that the department monitor the
      purchases made by any inmate on a restricted diet.
14    Requires that the department add an additional 100 days
      to an inmate's sentence if the inmate makes a prohibited
15    purchase.

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